SNAPSHOTS: Media ReportsWhen one thinks of fashion, an imageof perfect-looking models on a pristinerunway likely comes to mind. But LandonNordeman—who, over the past fouryears, has been a go-to of New York

and The New York Times to photograph
backstage at New York, Milan and Paris
runway shows—is one of the growing
number of photographers who take a
more off-the-cuff approach to the fashion
industry. In his first monograph, Out of
Fashion, Nordeman shows us the more
spontaneous side of fashion that takes
place behind the scenes.

With an emphasis on bold colors,
bright lights and unique cropping choices,
the images in Out of Fashion demand
the viewer’s attention at first glance.

What keeps the audience’s attention,however, are the unordinary momentsthat Nordeman has captured. Robotic-likemale models line up in fashionable graysuits—and not-so-fashionable protectiveblue-and-white shoe covers; a womandrops to the floor to do push-ups aftera Marc Jacobs show; an image of a hairextension and bobby pins strewn acrossa stain-riddled table reminds us thatfashion can be messy, too.

Out of Fashion is much more than a
peek inside the world of fashion—it is
a humorous deep dive into it. Elisabeth
Biondi writes in her introduction: “He truly
enjoys pageantry, the foibles of the style
conscious, and the over-the-top displays
of vanity—they all make up the spectacle
for him.” Though the spectacle is not
always in the spotlight, but, Biondi notes:
“the seemingly unimportant situations on
the sidelines.”